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Ali Amiri > Executive Vice President - Operations > Etisalat The increasing demand for high capacity bandwidth is changing the international communications infrastructure worldwide and also in the Middle East. We recognize the need to serve the region's exploding growth economies better through our strategic investments in the suitable submarine cable systems and leveraging on our strategic partnerships with other international carriers. Etisalat is committed to reduce the bandwidth glut more cost effectively for our customers and we look forward to this common platform where industry players can share and discuss the related industry experiences, views, plans and technologies to help us boost our international undersea connectivity. . Join Mr Ali Amiri and other international carriers to overcome the following key challenges with your industry peers: 1) How can the industry drive the bandwidth prices down? 2) What is the best way to route your international traffic? 3) How can you be more confident in delivering your SLAs? 4) How can you optimize your ROI from time of planning to operation of your cables? 5) What are the different capabilities of the various submarine cables? Join us at Submarine Networks 2006 today to move Middle East a step closer to better cope with the bandwidth demands! Pre-Conference Workshops Our workshops are in-depth and concise training to give you real world, practical insights through interactive exercises, discussions and case study analysis. Customize your conference experience with these interactive workshops Sunday 25 June 2006 08.30 - 11.30 A Christie Alwis > Chief Network Officer > Sri Lanka Telecom Examining the Key Risk and Financing Considerations for Your Submarine Networks * Examining Middle East and Asia over land and submarine cables plus comparison with Europe * Analyzing the different financing and business models * Considering the legal and regulatory differences for various scenarios * How to leverage on risk on various models? * Implementation of undersea cables for various scenerios: Considering the special financing discipline Christie is trained as a professional engineer and has more than 30 years of telecoms experience covering fields such as Switching, Transmission, Out Side Plant, Maintenance and Planning, Billing and Collection, Regulations and Interconnections. Previously, he was the Director of Customer Services and was also involved in new connections and network rollout. Recently he was instrumental in providing rapid network rollout through CDMA technology. Today, he is the Chairman of Financial & Administrative Sub Committee of SEA-ME-WE 4 Project. Also, he has worked as a Senior Expert in ITU, APT as well as in Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization. 12.00 - 15.00 B Ahmed El-Sakkary > Senior Manager, International Capacity Management > VSNL International (Teleglobe Canada) A Carrier's Perspective: Gaining Key Technical Know-How to Optimize the Commercial Potential of Your Submarine Networks * Gaining the basic technical knowledge to make the best of your outsourced arrangements * How to negotiate a comprehensive Construction & Maintenance agreement? * Key SLA consideration to protect yourself in times of outages * Managing with systems and networks diversity * Key learning from previous projects Ahmed received his Ph.D. degree in the area of systems and control engineering from McGill University, in 1981. He worked as a faculty member at the Department of Systems Engineering of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia from 1981 to 1990. Ahmed was a Senior Scientist with MPB Technologies from 1989 to 1993, during which he worked on submarine cable systems design, implementation and training. Ahmed has been with Teleglobe Canada (now VSNL International) since 1994. Some of his current responsibilities include submarine systems engineering, capacity management, operations and maintenance. 15.30 - 18.30 David Ross > Founder & President > David Ross Group C New Issues and Opportunities in Regional Infrastructure Development In this interactive workshop, participants will discuss the challenges and opportunities currently facing system developers in the Region. Among the matters to be discussed are: * Feasibility and financeability * Alternative technologies and alternative network developments * Route selection and route diversity * Demand drivers * Global Network Access and Peering Points * Maintenance and Restoration * Network commercialization David has 35 years experience in telecommunications technology and its commercial applications, with a primary focus on undersea fiber optic networks. He founded The David Ross Group Inc. (DRG) to provide guidance and hands-on assistance in the development of international networks, and has built a world-class team of experts to do so. Since 2000, DRG has provided business planning, design, procurement, implementation, and operational services to network owners throughout the world. Prior to founding DRG, David held executive management positions with Tyco Submarine Systems, AT&T, and Bell Laboratories. W: www.iqpc.com.sg/AS-3324 E: enquiry@iqpc.com.sg T: 65-6722 9388 F: 65-6720 3804
CONFERENCE DAY 1 Monday 26 June 2006 08.30 Registration 09.00 Welcome Speech from Etisalat: Ali Amiri Executive Vice President - Operations Etisalat 09.15 Chairman's Opening Michael Rieger Vice President of Sales and Marketing Tyco Telecommunications Mike has been with Tyco Telecommunications since May, 2000. In his current position, Mike manages the company's Sales & Marketing organization in addition to Project Management and Strategy. Prior, he was the Solutions Executive at IBM where he managed the Network Management Solutions business unit for IBM's Telecommunications and Media Business Unit. While at IBM, Mike was a board member of the Network Management Forum. Mike has also held the positions of Senior Software Engineer for Bellcore (Now Telcordia) and Analyst for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. 09.30 What are the Key Market Challenges to Develop the Future Submarine Network Infrastructure for PLENARY Session Middle East Telecom Needs? Moderator: Ali Amiri Executive Vice President - Operations Etisalat Amiri joined Etisalat in 1981 after graduating from London University (King's college) with a BSc. Engineering in Electronic Elec. Since then, he has held various posts in engineering and technical fields. In 1991, he was the Chief Engineer Transmission for Fixed Mobile/Paging Network. He then moved on to be responsible for Transmission and Switching Networks in 1993. Afterwards, between July 1995 and 1999, he was the Manager - Operations. Since Jan 2000 till date, he was promoted to be the Executive Vice President Operations, actively involved in various corporation's strategic activities both locally and internationally. Panelists: Christie Alwis Chief Network Officer Sri Lanka Telecom Srinivasa Addepalli Head of Corporate Strategy VSNL International 10.00 Ensuring Seamless Global Connectivity for the Middle East * Examining the future market drivers and bandwidth demand * Balancing between demand and supply * Identifying the key market gaps * What are the supply side challenges? Srinivasa Addepalli Head of Corporate Strategy VSNL International Srinivasa is responsible for strategy formulation and execution. He manages all new strategic initiatives, including growth plans, entry into new markets and M&A activities. He is a Director on the Board of VSNL Singapore, the holding company for all of VSNL's international businesses. He has considerable experience in developing strategies and business plans, particularly in the Indian telecom sector, both wireless and broadband. His previous experience includes a business consulting stint with the Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG), focusing on the telecom and media industries. Subsequently, Srinivasa joined the Tata Group Chairman's Office, with the responsibility for co-coordinating the various telecom activities within the Tata Group. 10.45 Morning Refreshments & Networking 11.15 Implications of New Technologies and Bandwidth- Hungry Applications on your Network * Key Market Trends - new technologues and applications * How the latest technology offerings are changing the industry * Is the existing global infrastructure sufficient to address bandwidthhungry content applications * Are high bandwidth applications creating new opportunities and stimulating growth Calvin Lee Vice President, Asia Pacific and Middle East Deutsche Telekom International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS) Calvin is responsible for Deutsche Telekom carriers’ carriers business, International Carriers Sales & Solutions (ICSS), for the Asia Pacific & Middle East region. He joined the Deutsche Telekom in Singapore 1997. Since then, he has steered the growth of the business and increased local presences in the region with set-up of sales offices in Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. Under his lead, sales have quadrupled. Prior, he was with Corporate Access, where he was involved in international VSAT service satellite communication for enterprise and carriers in the South and South East Asia regions. He started his career in sales with IBM Singapore for IBM’s Global Services. 12.00 Examining Key Developments in the Effective Management of Submarine Technologies * Taking advantage of the repeatered and unrepeatered technologies and performance * Novel offshore connectivity approaches * Optimizing submarine networks technology and performances Marc Fullenbaum Product Marketing Group Manager (Optical Networks Division) Alcatel PANEL Discussion Marc started his career at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center (Yorktown Heights, New York), carrying out research in microscopy for alignment purposes. He then joined the French Delegation of Armaments, looking after trajectography systems as a project engineer. Afterwards, Marc worked for Com Dev Space (Ontario,Canada) where he was involved in the optical and RF inter satellite link fields, moving from an engineering to a marketing position. He joined Alcatel Submarine Networks in 2000 and is currently in charge of Product Marketing. 12.30 Networking Lunch 14.00 Why do we need an undersea cable project? * Cost difference between undersea cable to overland cable * Why should we consider Middle East and Asia? * Examining Middle East and Asia over land and submarine cables plus comparison with Europe * Analyzing the different financing and business models * Considering the legal and regulatory differences for various scenarios Christie Alwis Chief Network Officer Sri Lanka Telecom (Check out Workshop A as Christie will detail the risk and financial considerations for your submarine cable project) 14.45 Synergizing Submarine and Terrestrial Networks to Route Traffic in a More Cost Effective Manner Moderator: Michael Rieger Vice President of Sales & Marketing Tyco Telecommunications Jamal Sedaq Controller of International Links Ministry of Communication (Kuwait) Jamal is the Assistant Project Manager for FOG submarine cable system and Kuwait- Iran submarine cable system. Also, he plays the roles of Project Manager for several cable systems like the International SDH backbone network, Kuwait-Iraq terrestrial fiber link and Expansion of Kuwait-KSA terrestrial fiber links. Jean-Louis Parmentier CEO Med Cable Jean-Louis is the Managing Director of Med Cable, a submersible cable system linking Marseille in France to Algeria and other Northern African countries. He also doubles up as the Managing Director of M-Link, Orascom Telecom's international carrier providing voice and data traffic between Africa, the Middle East and the rest of the world. Prior to M-Link, he was the Managing Director of Afrilink and was specialized in international services with sub-Saharan African countries within Telecel. He has held several technical and commercial management positions with SAIT, a Belgian telecommunication company in the field of radio transmission systems as well as of international space related programs for the benefit of the European Space Agency. Ahmed El-Sakkary Senior Manager - International Capacity Management VSNL International (Teleglobe Canada) 15.30 Optimizing Your ROI - Good Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance * Design: Careful cable rout planning, survey and engineering * Construction: The ABCs of on-time completion * Operation: Outlining the critical operational framework to minimize outages * Maintenance: Key negotiation techniques and Quality of Service considerations Ahmed El-Sakkary Senior Manager - International Capacity Management VSNL International (Teleglobe Canada) (Sign up for Workshop B to gain key technical know-how to optimize the commercial potential of your submarine networks) 16.15 Chairman's Closing 16.30 You're Invited! - Networking Cocktail Reception Hosted By: 17.30 End of Conference Day 1 W: www.iqpc.com.sg/AS-3324 E: enquiry@iqpc.com.sg T: 65-6722 9388 F: 65-6720 3804
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